Writer-Director-Producer
| Yvonne Farrow | |
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JOURNALISM |
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Intl' Family Film Festival
Intercut Magazine |
Press Relations Writer/Editor |
2008 | |
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| Short screened at national and international film festivals. Nominated Best Short, PAFF & Best of the Best, FESPACO; won Best Actress ATHFF; aired on BET and WGHB Public TV. Won ABC Entertainment’s Talent Development Scholarship/Grant to produce, write and direct this short film; Organization of Black Screenwriters, fiscal sponsor; download e-press kit www.twinbiz.com. |
2006 | ||
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2005 | ||
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| PILOTS |
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The Y Factor |
Produced a
staged reading for the C. Bernard Jackson Reader's Theatre. |
2002 2001 1999 |
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STAGE & TELEPLAYS |
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| Nominated "Best Producer" 18th annual NAACP Theatre Awards. Co-Producer/Celebrity Guest, National Black Theater Festival Produced World Premiere, Hollywood Court Theater, “A must-see!” Our Weekly. |
2008 2007 2006 |
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Autobiography
of a Homegirl |
Associate produced with writer-director Yvette Heyliger, through Twinbiz™, at several theatrical venues. Exec. produced at Hollywood Court Theatre; Chosen "Best of the Weekend" L.A. Times; Won grant from the Dept. of Cultural Affairs; Additional funding Bill Cosby. |
2003- |
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| Oreo |
Wrote and directed a 10-minute teleplay in an Act/Write Lab under the supervision of producer Rob Dames. | 1992 |
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| Movements |
Adapted stage play for live radio broadcast at LA Theater Works, The Play’s The Thing Radio Theater Series. Aired on KCRW 89.9 FM. Won Third Place in the Inner City Cultural Center Act II Short Play Competition. |
1991 |
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| L’Esprit
Dance for Me |
Finalist at the American College Theater Festival through the University District of Columbia and produced at Howard University. | 1980 1981 |
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SHORT FILMS |
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The Eclipse |
Wrote. | 2003 | |
| Movements
(9:58) |
Aired on the African American
Filmmaker's Show Wrote, directed, choreographed and edited on 16mm. Produced at the New York Film Academy held at UCLA. Nominated Best Short Film, Pan African Film Festival. Won Second Place, Black Filmmaker Hall of Fame. |
2003 1998 1999 |
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| The
Break-Up (1:58) |
Wrote/Produced/Directed/Edited
at NYFA. Screened at Women of Color & Reel Alternative Film Salon in NYC. |
1998 1999 |
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| Vanilla
Bean (13:30) |
Wrote/Produced/Directed video; Exec. Prod., Gregory Hines. | 1998 |
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| EDUCATION |
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UCLA Writers
Program |
Selected for Advanced Television Episodic Workshop. |
2003 1994 |
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| New
York Film Academy
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Won scholarship from The Career Transition for Dancers. | 1998 |
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| New York University |
Received Bachelor of Arts Degree | 1983 |
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Duke
Ellington High School of the Arts |
Dance Major | 1977 |
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MEMBERSHIPS |
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| Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Actors Equity Association Film Independent |
Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers American Choral Directors Association National Association of Negro Musicians Chorus America |
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